Is it a trick of the television, or do they seem to playing quick so far?

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It's hot, and last year they were quicker too.

I'm hoping for a hot two weeks, with no watering of the courts. I like the sliding and the point construction, but serve should be a shot worth having and camping in the first row isn't what I like, so I like Madrid type of courts, but not the 'old' RG ones.

The centercourt seems much slower than the second biggest one. Don't know their names though. Just what it looked like to me, but it can have something to do with cameraangles, lenses and the distance aswell.

The effect of clay on serving is greatly overestimated in the minds of both. There's never been a surface on which a big serve wasn't effective. It literally only takes off a couple mph(i.e., serving 126 at RG is as effective as 124 on a fast court).

PARIS (AP)—At nearly 6 feet, 5 inches, the big-serving Marin Cilic poses more of a threat on grass and hard courts. But the 10th-seeded Croat is finding the current conditions at Roland Garros may suit his game.

Cilic beat Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the French Open on Sunday.

“It was pretty hot and the ball was bouncing,” Cilic said. “And I think it was pretty similar to last year. Compared to these other tournaments on clay, I think here (it) is a bit faster as the balls are pretty quick.”

PARIS (AP)—At nearly 6 feet, 5 inches, the big-serving Marin Cilic poses more of a threat on grass and hard courts. But the 10th-seeded Croat is finding the current conditions at Roland Garros may suit his game.

Cilic beat Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the French Open on Sunday.

“It was pretty hot and the ball was bouncing,” Cilic said. “And I think it was pretty similar to last year. Compared to these other tournaments on clay, I think here (it) is a bit faster as the balls are pretty quick.”

SO now we got it from a player. it´s even quicker than Madrid.Frenchtards are crazy to get Nadal to lose. NExt year, ice courts and 1 gram balls. FO open to become the quickest tourney on the tour. keep it up haters

SO now we got it from a player. it´s even quicker than Madrid.Frenchtards are crazy to get Nadal to lose. NExt year, ice courts and 1 gram balls. FO open to become the quickest tourney on the tour. keep it up haters

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not only that.. i heard that players will serve from a stool... darn french frogs...

they just cant stop hating on Poor Nadal... but nothing will stop us... "GO NADS"....

even if you are a federer fan, i´m sure you will agree on this statement i found somewhere: "The courts playing like they are IMO completely take away the character of what makes clay court tennis, clay court tennis. It's basically like a hard court on clay now. I see enough hard court tennis throughout the year, and now since most clay court tournaments play pretty quick now, there is little variety with the courts, they all play pretty similar, all year around. Not impressive."

SO now we got it from a player. it´s even quicker than Madrid.Frenchtards are crazy to get Nadal to lose. NExt year, ice courts and 1 gram balls. FO open to become the quickest tourney on the tour. keep it up haters

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its as fast as an indoor court. soderking blew 46 winners only 14 errors yesterday. federer is icing it on centre 17 winner only 4 error, 77% first serve

its actually faster than AO and W. AO is the slowest court. W - the grass looks deadish so its slow.

even if you are a federer fan, i´m sure you will agree on this statement i found somewhere: "The courts playing like they are IMO completely take away the character of what makes clay court tennis, clay court tennis. It's basically like a hard court on clay now. I see enough hard court tennis throughout the year, and now since most clay court tournaments play pretty quick now, there is little variety with the courts, they all play pretty similar, all year around. Not impressive."

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Even if you're a Nadal fan I'm sure you will agree on this statement:

Bring back the carpet as a surface and change Wimbledon and USO back to their 90s speeds.

If Wimbledon being won 99% from baseline for the last 6 years doesn't take away the character of what makes grass tennis grass tennis then I don't know what does.

Bring back the carpet as a surface and change Wimbledon and USO back to their 90s speeds.

If Wimbledon being won 99% from baseline for the last 6 years doesn't take away the character of what makes grass tennis grass tennis then I don't know what does.

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Do you really enjoy watching people such as sampras or ivanisevic blasting aces for 2 hours rather than The stuff that Djoko, Nadal or Federer offer? Watch Indian wells or Australian open highlights, and you´ll see the best points ever. I´m sure you won´t find any sampras vs ivanisevic super points. I´m sick of the "bring back the carpet crap". We want rallies, crazy shots and stamina, players fighting hard and emotion. No more ace festivals please.

Watch Indian wells or Australian open highlights, and you´ll see the best points ever. I´m sure you won´t find any sampras vs ivanisevic super points. I´m sick of the "bring back the carpet crap". We want rallies, crazy shots and stamina, players fighting hard and emotion. No more ace festivals please.

Do you really enjoy watching people such as sampras or ivanisevic blasting aces for 2 hours rather than The stuff that Djoko, Nadal or Federer offer? Watch Indian wells or Australian open highlights, and you´ll see the best points ever. I´m sure you won´t find any sampras vs ivanisevic super points..

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Goran is my favourite player of all time after Fed so yes i did enjoy watching his game.Oh and watching Nadal hit 99% shots to Fed's BH for 5 hours is loads of fun.

Yeah I should just go back into my cave after trolling Jesus Raf like that.

Goran is my favourite player of all time after Fed so yes i did enjoy watching his game.Oh and watching Nadal hit 99% shots to Fed's BH for 5 hours is loads of fun.

Good for you.

Who's we exactly?

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alright, i guess that´s a matter of taste. Anyway, i don´t think the tv ratings support your theory. People love watching federer, nadal and djoko.The majority of tennis fans go to youtube and watch federer-hewitt rally, verdasco-nadal rally or federer-nadal 08 WB final, you will agree, right? Nobody gives a damn about karlovic or isner. That´s more like olympic shooting, not enjoyble tennis. Maybe for you it is, but not for the average tennis fan i know

alright, i guess that´s a matter of taste. Anyway, i don´t think the tv ratings support your theory. People love watching federer, nadal and djoko.The majority of tennis fans go to youtube and watch federer-hewitt rally, verdasco-nadal rally or federer-nadal 08 WB final, you will agree, right? Nobody gives a damn about karlovic or isner. That´s more like olympic shooting, not enjoyble tennis. Maybe for you it is, but not for the average tennis fan i know

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Yes it is a matter of taste,however where did I mention I like Karlovic and Isner?

Cut the watering. I dislike the unity of surfaces, but when it comes to the second sunday of the French Open, it can't be too quick for me. I despise most of the Federer-Nadal matches on clay, because it's just about making the other player play below his level, especially for Nadal.

I don't agree slower is better either. Guys like Isner and Karlovic should stand a chance, but of course not necessarily on clay. Clay can be really slow, but than the grasscourts at Wimbledon should be speeding up again too.

Nadal/Federer over Sampras/Ivanisevic any time! And I say this despite being a huge admirer of both those former greats.

How many incredible matches have the current World's top 2 given us? More than I could have predicted when their rivalry started. Hopefully it'll be another incredible final between them come second Sunday of the FO!